Squirtle 29/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Boundaries Crossed is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Squirtle is 29/149, in position 29 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Darmanitan, and after it is 30 Wartortle. The listed rarity is Common.

Squirtle is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Squirtle (#007), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Wartortle, Wartortle (#008) under evolves to.

Kanako Eo illustrated this card. The same name is on 99 other cards in the catalog.

Squirtle (#007) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Squirtle 63/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Kanako Eo illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Squirtle list a different HP.

Shell Shield is listed as Ability. As along as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's). The attack Water Splash lists 10+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It shelters itself in its shell then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity."

I keep a set binder for Boundaries Crossed, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Boundaries Crossed set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Squirtle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.